The new Android 5.0 LPX13D Lollipop Factory Image is now available for the Nexus 7 and now the user can update their device with this latest developer preview. If you are the Nexus 7 2013 user and want to try this update on your device, here is the tutorial which you can follow on your device and update the same. This Preview Image of Android 5.0 Lollipop contains many of the major enhancements that were teased at Google I/O held previously this year. The update method is simple and all you need ADB files and preview images for your nexus and you can do this easily in within a minutes. Here is this guide we’ll show you how to update nexus 5 with the latest Lollipop Developer Preview. Remember, this is an official factory image of Android 5.0 by Google, not a custom ROM. Let’s get on with the tutorial now.

WARNING!

We the Howtorootmobile.com team or the developers are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards. Read all the instruction very carefully and Perform everything at your own risk.

CHECK PHONE MODEL

This guide is only for the Nexus 7 android smartphone. Don’t try this method on any of other Android devices, It may hard brick your device. So, first confirm your phone model number in your android phone settings. To do this Go the Settings page of your device and check out the “About Device” option.

PRE-REQUISITES AND REQUIREMENTS

Before following the below Mention guide, It’s always recommended to follow our pre-requisites and requirement to stay safe.

1. BACKUP YOUR ANDROID DATA

Do take the Full Backup of your Android Apps, SMS, Contacts, Call Logs, Bookmarks. This one is one of the most important step that you have to follow, as we don’t want anyone losing their personal data or apps. For help on Backup and Restore check out the below mention guides.

2. INSTALL NEXUS 7 DRIVERS

You need these drivers to connect your device with the computer to follow this guide. Without these USB drivers you can’t connect your device to the PC, first download and install these drivers on your system.

3. ENABLE USB DEBUGGING MODE

4. CHARGE YOU ANDROID

If your device switched off during this process, it could damage or brick the device. Make sure that your Android battery is full charge or near about 50-70% battery level.

After following the above mention steps follow the below mention guide one by one to proceed with the tutorial. All the above mention steps are very important, so do follow all the steps and do exactly what is told.

Step 3. Now move all the extracted file on your ADB folder that you downloaded on Step 1.

Step 4. Now connect your device to the PC with USB cable. And after that open the ADB folder and Hold Shift button and Right click on the White space of the folder and click on “Open Command Window here”.

Step 5. In the command prompt windows enter the following command to boot your device in fastboot mode.

adb reboot bootloader

Step 6. Now you phone will boot in fastboot mode, at this time go to the ADB folder and doible click on the “flash-all” file to start the installation process.

Step 7. Now wait and watch as the process is completed — or follow the on-screen instructions on your phone.

Step 8. After the installation completes, the phone will boot now and it might take about 5 minutes to boot on your first time. So, please wait with patience!